• idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It’s just two weeks, and they are young, healthy sportsman and woman. The symptons won’t even show up on most of them during the games. But when they arrive home, it will be fun

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      3 months ago

      This is the Olympics. Losing 1% performance because your body is fighting a barely noticeable virus is a problem.

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        3 months ago

        Also I am not sure if people understand that athletes are generally immunosuppressed when they are trained to peak competition form.

        Especially for endurance sports like cycling, the body is simply not supposed to be pushed that hard. Competing and training at peak form actively damages your body. They sacrifice everything for pure performance.